enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Category:Magic words - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Magic_words

    This page was last edited on 2 February 2024, at 12:23 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  3. Voces magicae - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voces_magicae

    Magic tablet from Pergamon with Greek voces magicae surrounding each of the figures. Voces magicae (singular: vox magica, "magical names" or "magical words") or voces mysticae [1] are pronounceable but incomprehensible magical formulas that occur in spells, charms, curses, and amulets from Classical Antiquity, including Ancient Greece, Egypt, and Rome.

  4. Magic word - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_word

    Magic words are phrases used in fantasy fiction or by stage magicians. Frequently such words are presented as being part of a divine, adamic, or other secret or empowered language. Certain comic book heroes use magic words to activate their powers. Magic words are also used as Easter eggs or cheats in computer games, other software, and ...

  5. List of portmanteaus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portmanteaus

    Japanglish, Japanese and English mixed up to humorous effect (cf. Chinglish, Spanglish, Franglais) [31] [32] mangina, from man and vagina [33] medevac, medical evacuation [34] motel, from motor and hotel [5] Movember, from moustache and November [2] needcessity, from need and necessity [2] prissy, from prim and fussy (or sissy) [35]

  6. Pueblos Mágicos - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblos_Mágicos

    A "Magical Village" is a place with symbolism, legends, history, important events, festivals, traditions, great food, and enjoyable shopping, day-to-day life – in other words, "magic" in its social and cultural manifestations, with great opportunities for tourism. The programme was launched in 2001.

  7. List of occult terms - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_occult_terms

    Abracadabra, an ancient word in an unknown language popularly carved onto amulets in antiquity; Abramelin oil; Acultomancy, divination by the use of needles; Adept; Aeon (Thelema) Aeromancy; Air (classical element), one of the four classical elements that play a role in alchemy; Agalmatomancy; Agartha, a land at the center of the Earth; AGLA ...

  8. Incantation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incantation

    The tone and rhyme of how the words are spoken and the placement of words used in the formula may differ depending on the desired outcome of the magical effect. [ 3 ] Surviving written records of historical magic spells were largely obliterated in many cultures by the success of the major monotheistic religions ( Islam , Judaism , and ...

  9. Vegvísir - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegvísir

    Vegvísir is a compound word formed from the two Icelandic words, vegur and vísir. Vegur means 'way, road, path' (lit. ' way '), and vísir, inflection form of vísa, 'to show, to let know, to guide' (lit. ' show + -er '). Vegur is derived from the Old Norse vegr, Proto-Germanic *wegaz, or the Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.